New York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins Box Score: December 23, 1976
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:11 | BOS | Earl Anderson (2) | Matti Hagman, Don Marcotte | |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 00:43 | BOS | Terry O'Reilly (5) | Don Marcotte, Gregg Sheppard | |
| 07:44 | NYR | Don Murdoch (26) | Phil Esposito, Mike McEwen | |
| 15:45 | NYR | Don Murdoch (27) | Walt Tkaczuk, Greg Polis | |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 04:15 | BOS | Johnny Bucyk (13) | ||
| 12:40 | NYR | Steve Vickers (11) | Wayne Dillon | |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:56 | NYR | Nick Fotiu | Interference | 2 min |
| 06:40 | NYR | Nick Fotiu | High sticking | 2 min |
| 06:40 | NYR | Nick Fotiu | Misconduct | 10 min |
| 06:40 | BOS | Bobby Schmautz | High sticking | 2 min |
| 06:40 | BOS | Rick Smith | High sticking | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 04:15 | NYR | Rod Gilbert | Misconduct | 10 min |
| 07:29 | BOS | Mike Milbury | Fighting | 5 min |
| 07:29 | NYR | Don Murdoch | Roughing | 2 min |
| 07:29 | NYR | Walt Tkaczuk | Game misconduct | 10 min |
| 12:35 | BOS | Brad Park | High sticking | 2 min |
| 12:35 | NYR | Carol Vadnais | High sticking | 2 min |
New York Rangers
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Wayne Dillon | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Phil Esposito | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Dave Farrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Nick Fotiu | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Rod Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Bill Goldsworthy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Ron Greschner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Pat Hickey | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Ken Hodge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Dave Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Mike McEwen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Don Murdoch | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 | ||
| 13 | Greg Polis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Pete Stemkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Walt Tkaczuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Carol Vadnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Steve Vickers | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 18 | Gilles Gratton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 3 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Gilles Gratton | T | 3 | 31 | 28 | .903 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |
Boston Bruins
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Earl Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 2 | Johnny Bucyk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 3 | Wayne Cashman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | Gary Doak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Matti Hagman | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Don Marcotte | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | Peter McNab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Rick Middleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Mike Milbury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Hank Nowak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Terry O'Reilly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||
| 12 | Brad Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Jean Ratelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Bobby Schmautz | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Gregg Sheppard | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Dallas Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Rick Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Gerry Cheevers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9.7 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Gerry Cheevers | T | 3 | 27 | 24 | .889 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |

